Splioerioidese, Pliaeosporje, Sphaeropsis. 293 



emergeatibus ; sponilis bruniieis ellipticis vel oblongo-ellipticis urii- 

 nucleatis, 6-7 s 3-3,5. 



Hab. in ramis Mag-noli» in Carolina infer. Anier. bor. — 

 (( An Coniothj/riiim? )^ 



7. SphaBPopsis Maertensii (West. Bon.) Sacc. Podospornun Maerfen- I64i 

 sti (West.) Bon. Abliandl. I. p. 40. Epnlochium Maertensii West. 



in Rabenh. F. E. n. 433. — Peritheciis depressis lentiformibus, 

 epidermide tectis, nigris, '/4 mill. diain., siccis concavo-depressis ; 

 ostiolo simplici pertuso; sporulis longis, utrinque acuminatis, atris, 

 longe pedicellatis e fundo perithecii assurgentibus; basidiis longio- 

 ribus intermixtis. 



Hab. in ramis deciduis Tiliee in Belgio. — Sec. Kickx Fl. 

 Fl. II. p. 181 ad Melanconium Desmazieri pertineret haec spe- 

 cies ; sed descriptio Bonordemi differre videtur. 



8. Sphaeropsis demersa (Bon.) Sacc. Podosporium demersum Bon. 1642 

 Handb. p. 227. — Peritheciis globosis duriusculis, nigris, innato- 

 erumpentibus ostiolatis; sporulis elongato-ovoideis, majusculis, di- 

 lute fuscis; basidiis elongatis. 



Hab. in ramulis corticatis Pruni spinosse et Crata^gi in 

 Germania. 



9. Sphaeropsis Peckii Sacc. Sphcvrop.sis anomala Peck Rep. of the St. 1645 

 M. Botan. 1872, p. 86, nec B. et C. — Peritheciis caespitosis, nigris, 



in cortice interiore nidulantibus, rimaque transversali erumpenti- 

 bus; ostiolo papiUato,- sporulis oblongis, 20-25 a. longis. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Cerasorum, Albany Amer. bor. 



10. Sphaeropsis cerasina Peck 33 Rep. St. Mus. 24. — Peritheciis 1644 

 Dumerosis, minutis, cortice nidulantibus, opidermide elevata, dein 

 pertusa cinctis, nigris, saepe apice cinereis; sporulis initio hyali- 

 nis, dein coloratis, elliptico-obovatis vel oblongis, 20-25 u.. longis ; 

 sporophoris brevibus. 



Hab. in ramis emortuis Pruni virginianje in Amer. bor. 



11. Sphaeropsis cinerea (C. et E.) Sacc. Macroplodia cinerca C. et 164& 

 Ell. in Grevill. — Peritheciis discellreformibus (obsoletis); sporu- 



lis ellipsoideis, continuis, fuligineis, 20 y.. long. ; basidiis hyalinis. 

 Hab. in ligno decorticato Piri Mali, New .Jersey Amer. bor. 



12. Sphaeropsis Mali (West.) Sacc Macroplodia Mali Westd. Crypt. 1645 

 d. 1. stat. nat. p. 369. Lamb. FI. myc. Belg. III. p. 66. — Peri- 

 theciis sparsis, immersis, prominulis, nigris, membranaceis ; ostiolo 

 papillato epidermidem elevante et perforante; sporulis ovoideis, fu- 

 ligineis, dein madore exsilientibus raatricemque foedantibus. 



